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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Flip Flop February - Flowers

I couldn't decided which design I wanted to do today! I haven't done flowers in a long time, and I have never tried a "v" gap. I was leaning more towards the flowers all day, so I finally just went for it. I also wanted to wait until I was done building and filling up my new Helmer so I wouldn't ruin my nails!

I suppose my flowers are a bit abstract since they're just dots though. But I chose to do an interpreted version of cherry blossom nails. I don't think I've done cherry blossoms since I did flowers for the 31 day challenge last year!

I really like how these turned out! I'm so happy with how simple and clean they are. Last time I used two colors for the flowers, and it just seemed off to me. So this time I stuck to one color to keep it simple, and I really like it!

I also have more a contrast with the colors I chose this time. I made the branches black instead of brown, and did it on a white background. I used Ulta Snow White for the background (two coats), and then added a few coats of Zoya Chloe to the corner. I just sort of dabbed it on randomly to create a soft, pale pink glow in the background.

I then free handed the branches on with a black nail art polish, and dotted the flowers or sakura petals with Elf Flirty Fuchsia. I topped it with a coat of Seche Vite after waiting for it to dry a bit, so I wouldn't smear the black lines.

I really love these! I didn't think they would turn out so well since they looked pretty boring last time.

Your art on this is beautiful! So close to a version on Rin's Nail Files (http://www.rinsnailfiles.com/2013/01/cute-cherry-blossoms-inspired-by-robin.html) which was itself inspired by Robin Moses (http://youtu.be/9zm5Cr-flNQ). I love them all. :)

Oh wow it is very similar! I like the branches on Rin's Nail Files version. And that tutorial is great! I will have to experiment with separate nail art brushes some more. The brush strokes make them look a lot more like flowers.